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Some North Carolina court officials could opt out of marriage duties — including same-sex weddings — under legislation given state Senate approval Wednesday following a debate weighing centuries-old religious liberties with newly-expanded...

MIAMI — The mother of Trayvon Martin says she's disappointed that federal prosecutors decided not to charge a neighborhood watch volunteer with a hate crime for killing her son three years ago.
Speaking with The Associated Press on Wednesday...

To many thousands of Mexicans, Mexican-Americans and Hispanics in general, actor Sean Penn's comments about Mexican film director Alejandro González Iñárritu were offensive.
"Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?" Penn asked, before handing...

Recent history has made dents in old, long-held misperceptions, discrimination and societal shunning of people on the "wrong" side of majority. Strides have been made in leveling the playing field for gay, lesbian and transgender people, as well as for...

MEXICO CITY For the second time in barely two weeks, Mexico has reacted angrily to the killing of an unarmed Mexican immigrant by municipal police officers in the United States.
Mexico's Foreign Secretariat issued a statement Wednesday condemning the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to investigate whether lenient regulation by North Carolina's environmental agency of industrial hog operations harmed minority neighbors.
The Waterkeeper Alliance and other groups released an EPA...

A day after Antonio Villaraigosa said he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2016, Latino legislators were scrambling Wednesday to find another candidate who might represent their interests in the contest.
Members of the Legislative Latino Caucus...

When Dori J. Maynard was asked what her middle initial "J'' stood for, she didn't miss a beat in answering.
"Journalism," she replied.
Her middle name was really Judith, but the response was still appropriate. For Maynard, journalism wasn't just a...

A former Salt Lake City police officer who was put on leave and later resigned after he objected to riding in the motorcycle brigade at the front of last year's gay pride parade is speaking out against what he believes was a violation of his religious...

A proposal to prevent state and local governments from infringing on a person's religious beliefs failed before an Arkansas legislative panel Wednesday after facing mounting criticism that it was an attempt to justify discriminating against gays and...